ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to initiate fresh investigations against former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and five former senior bureaucrats for illegally......
Pakistan’s disgraced former Test captain Salman Butt says he's a changed man now.But the 30-year-old is not looking for sympathy anymore, just a 'chance to make things right.'In an interview to......
Farhan Saeed recently made news after he dedicated his Best Single Award last week at the HUM TV Awards to the families of Peshawar attack victims.But the singer didn’t stop there — his new single......
NEW DELHI: India's future purchase of Rafale fighter jets will only come through direct talks with the French government, the defence minister has said, effectively killing talks on one of the......
Pakistani novelist Kamila Shamsie of Kartography and Salt and Saffron fame has been shortlisted for the 2015 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel A God in Every Stone.Published in 2014,......
KARACHI: The prime suspect in the murder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Imran Farooq was produced in an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Karachi on Tuesday.Pakistan Rangers informed the ATC......
We all have our own unique love affair with karhi.Ammi, Naani/Daadi or Khala/Phuppi; at least one of the five knows how to make the best karhi in every desi family, either side of the Wagah Border.In......
Manzil unhey milee jo shareek-e-safar na thay (Those who reached the destination were not even part of the original journey). – Mohsin Bhopali, Urdu poetMany years ago, a community crossed a hastily......
‘The cage was empty, And the vase in your window overflowed with white flowers. In the Bookstore, a new book Of poems had arrived.’Released in the summer of 2013, Light and Heavy Things marked an......
Make way for the lady in black for she's now heading to India: Burka Avenger, the Emmy nominated animated show is set to launch on Zee Network this month.The show has been dubbed in four languages,......
CAPE TOWN: Allan Donald has stepped down as bowling coach of South Africa, confirming his departure on Tuesday after four years in the role.Donald was appointed in June 2011 as part of Gary Kirsten's......
LAHORE: In a petition filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, the Punjab government has challenged the Lahore High Court's (LHC) release orders for Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, one of the key accused in the......
KARACHI: Convicted murderer Faisal Mehmood, alias Faisal Mota, who was sentenced to death for the murder of journalist Wali Khan Babar, submitted an appeal to challenge his death sentence on Tuesday......
Sadqay Tumhare makes me feel like Khalil ur Rahman Qammar’s characters are an endangered species, liable to tragic extinction at any moment.The serial’s sad ending shouldn't come as surprise to......
ANTIGUA: Ian Bell's solid 143 helped England move into a position of strength on the opening day of the first Test against West Indies on Monday.Bell, who came in to bat with the scorecard reading 34......
BAHAWALPUR: A condemned prisoner was executed at the New Central Jail in Bahawalpur on Tuesday morning.Death row prisoner, Luna Khan, son of Allah Rakha, of village Talhar, tehsil Hasilpur, was......
DUBAI: Iran has suspended flights to Saudi Arabia for the year-round Umrah pilgrimage over allegations that Saudi security officers sexually assaulted two Iranian boys, Culture Minister Ali Jannati......
LAHORE: Relatives of an “abducted” girl on Monday created a scene in the Lahore High Court after hearing of a case regarding her recovery.The court took up the petition filed by brother of the girl,......
LAHORE: Troubled at military farms’ tenants threat of April 17 protest outside the Punjab Assembly, the provincial government convened a meeting of tenants leaders and officers concerned on Monday to......
LAHORE: A Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) worker was killed while two people were injured, including a constable, when a land grabber fired on them in Baghbanpura on Monday morning.Lesco......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court will take up on Tuesday (today) an application seeking stay against Judicial Commission’s proceedings into the alleged election rigging.Advocate A.K Dogar of Lawyers......
LAHORE: Electricity produced from LNG will add to problems of the power sector, as cost of such electricity will be higher than that produced by furnace oil, maintains a Fact Sheet issued by the......
LAHORE: PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Husain has written a letter to party candidates and office-bearers to submit rigging evidence to party’s legal team to be presented before a judicial......
LAHORE: Red-tapism within the Punjab School Education Department may have an effect on the speech and essay writing competitions 2015, launched by the chief minister with the aim to empower both male......
LAHORE: A large number of people staged a protest demonstration against the North Cantonment police after a young man was killed while another injured resisting a robbery bid in Saddar Bazaar on......
LAHORE: City District Government of Lahore’s health wing on Monday launched another round of a three-day polio drive in 150 union councils of the metropolis.District Coordination Officer retired Capt......
LAHORE: Scores of paramedics from all teaching hospitals of the provincial capital staged a sit-in on Monday outside the Punjab Assembly against delay in provision of service structure as per the......
LAHORE: The last remaining giraffe at Lahore Zoo died of a heart attack on Monday, said Director Muhammad Shafqat.“All three giraffes which had been imported in 2007 have died. We are awaiting the......
LAHORE: Overruling an objection of the registrar office, the Lahore High Court on Monday admitted for hearing the appeal of Shahid Aziz alias Gullu Butt, convicted for vandalism outside Minhajul......
BAHAWALPUR: The administration of Government Sadiq Egerton (SE) College, Bahawalpur, has sought university status for historic campus.This demand was made at a function presided over by Federal......
MULTAN: Scores of students of architecture and building department of Bahauddin Zakariya University’s Engineering College on Monday protested against what they said non-verification of their......
SIALKOT: Land erosion by the River Chenab that had been affecting far-off Bajwat villages was now threatening 20 more in the area, causing serious concern among local population.The phenomenon,......
GUJRAT: Hundreds of acres of fertile land of villages along the bank of the Chenab have been flushed away by the river due to consistent erosion. Spurs mainly in Kolowal, Kot Pattu, Nut Pindi Tatar,......
FAISALABAD: The upgraded 250-bed General Hospital, Ghulam Muhammadabad, which was inaugurated on March 16, 2013, still lacks major specialties and the patients are mostly referred to the Allied or......
ALTHOUGH the killing on an ethnic basis is not a new happening in Balochistan, this time this has happened in the chief minister’s hometown, which shows security loopholes within the province.Also,......
TWO significant events have unfolded in Pakistan over the past few days. The parliament declared its neutrality in the Yemen war, and a UAE minister issued a warning to Pakistan for doing so.Draped......
MARINE turtles are some of the oldest surviving reptiles on the planet. Globally, there are seven species of marine turtle of which six species are found in the Indian Ocean, – the South East Asian......
APROPOS Munir Akram’s article ‘After Iran, Pakistan’ (April 13), one would like to submit that the Iranian model of nuclear disarmament is difficult to be replicated in Pakistan’s case for several......
A RECENT news report quoted the interior minister as saying that he was facing difficulties in finding dedicated and honest police officers. On the other hand, a dedicated and honest police officer,......
LANDI KOTAL: The teachers in tribal areas ended conditionally their weeklong boycott of classes on Monday after Fata additional chief secretary assured them of upgradation.All Fata Teachers......
MANSEHRA: Most people aspiring to contest the May 30 local body elections in Mansehra district and its Oghi, Mansehra and Balakot tehsils have applied for the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf tickets.As the......
KOHAT: In an interesting move on Monday, the PML-N decided to join the tripartite party alliance of ANP, PPP and JUI-F to give tough time to the ruling PTI in the upcoming local government elections......
KARAK: The provincial government of PTI failed to bring any change in the province, alleged JUI-F leader Mian Nisar Gul Kakakhel here on Monday.Addressing a public meeting in Isak Chountra area, he......
PESHAWAR: A local accountability court on Monday approved the plea bargain of four suspects, including a noted pulmonologist and Peshawar TB Association president, and ordered their release in a case......
PESHAWAR/Kohat: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company employees on Monday boycotted duties and observed a sit-in outside the Wapda House here against the delay in their promotions.The protesters were......
ABBOTTABAD: A high mountain research centre along with the school of environmental sciences and the school of chemical sciences will be established at the Comsats Institute of Information and......
PESHAWAR: The disgruntled activists of PPP have delayed their plan of forming parallel units of the party and decided to give more time to the central leadership to address their grievances.However,......
PESHAWAR: A single bench of the Peshawar High Court on Monday dismissed the bail petition of a senior Peshawar Electric Supply Company official in a corruption case.Pervez Akhtar Shah, a former Pesco......
PESHAWAR: As the last quarter of the current financial year has commenced, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has yet to utilise Rs95.64 billion of the Annual Development Programme (ADP).The total......
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Parvez Khattak on Monday launched the Women Empowerment Policy Framework.The announcement was made at a ceremony organised by the Provincial Commission on the Status of......
KHAR: A three-day anti-polio drive began in Bajaur Agency on Monday amid tight security to vaccinate over 224,000 children against the crippling disease.In this connection, a ceremony was held at the......
PESHAWAR: Both the treasury and opposition benches appear to have lost interest in the ongoing session of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, which has been continuing for the last six months, the......
ISLAMABAD: “People of Balochistan have been denied their rights by the powerful elite which has hampered their development,” renowned columnist and Baloch rights activist Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur said......
TAXILA: Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) Chairman Siddiqul Farooq on Monday said the project concept for the Guru Nanak International University (GNIU) has been approved and development work will......
MUZAFFARABAD: The cultural and archaeological heritage of the picturesque Neelum Valley of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) is under serious threat, a researcher warned. However, officials of the......
MUZAFFARABAD: An apex body of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) based lawyers on Monday warned of a chain of strikes across the region if the recent “politically motivated” appointment of two judges......
ISLAMABAD: A bill titled “Islamabad Mandatory Vaccination and Protection of Health Workers Bill 2015” was tabled by Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq on Monday.The bill aims to make the universal......
RAWALPINDI: A milkman was shot dead in Naseerabad area on Monday.Gulzar Ahmed, the victim’s brother, told police that he and his brother, Mukhtar Ahmed, were busy at their milk shop early Monday......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) dismissal of a plea against the PTI lawmakers’ return to the National Assembly, terming it a political matter, caused a stir in political......
ISLAMABAD: Even a month after the government forwarded the new madressah registration form to five main seminary boards, a majority of them have not made any decision either to accept or reject......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday ordered the anti-terrorism court (ATC) to conclude in two months a terrorism case against Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged Mumbai attack......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) on Monday restored two weekly off in the educational institutions working under the administrative control of Federal Directorate......
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) leader and former Potohar town nazim Hamid Nawaz Raja has reportedly made up his mind to join Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI). Hamid is a member of......
ISLAMABAD: On the first day of the academic session on Monday, Mohammad Sami, 14, went to school expecting to crack open new textbooks and engage with the challenging materials to be taught in the......
ISLAMABAD: On the directives of the interior minister, the capital police on Monday surrendered the services of Superintendent of Police (SP) Irum Abbasi to the Establishment Division for misusing......
RAWALPINDI: Though the Punjab government has not yet issued a notification to close markets at 8pm in the garrison city, the local traders on Monday rejected the advice of the local administration in......
ISLAMABAD: The gates of Imran Khan’s house in Banigala have become a wailing wall for the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) who travel to Islamabad with requests, demands and hopes.For many months,......
ISLAMABAD: The capital police arrested 11 outlaws including three gamblers from different areas of the city and recovered liquor, stake money and looted items, police said here on Monday.According to......
ISLAMABAD: The chief commissioner of Islamabad, on Monday, issued a notification for the establishment of three new police stations in the city. The new stations will be set up at Karachi Company,......
KARACHI: Five militants of the recently formed Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), including its Karachi chief and deputy chief, were killed in an alleged encounter in Orangi Town in the early......
KARACHI: Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, on Monday vowed to ensure implementation of a code of conduct for the April 23 by-election on a National Assembly seat (NA-246).The paramilitary force also appealed......
KARACHI: As part of the implementation of the National Action Plan, the Sindh Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a government bill into law for keeping a record of tenants and temporary residents......
KARACHI: Clinging tightly, one to the mother’s chest and the other to her back, the tiny lemur twins recently born at the zoo are a source of great attraction for visitors these days.The births of......
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly was informed on Monday that a park established by Pakistan Peoples Party founder and prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto near the shrine of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in......
CONFERENCEConference on ‘Sufism, peace and democracy’, organised by the Women Media Centre in collaboration with the Rumi Love Foundation, at the Pearl Continental Hotel at 3pm.EXHIBITIONA group show......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday restrained the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation from razing a wedding lawn in Bahadurabad.A two-judge bench headed by Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi gave the......
KARACHI: An eyewitness picked out two suspects said to be Muttahida Qaumi Movement activists in the murder case of two police officers during an identification parade before a judicial magistrate on......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said his government is making all-out efforts to implement the National Action Plan and it is evident from the performance of the police, who have......
KARACHI: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan will launch an illustrated book titled Karachi legacies of empires, written by Peerzada Salman with photography by Fahim Siddiqi, at Governor House on......
KARACHI: Three men were shot dead in Korangi on Monday in what police described as “infighting” between members of an alleged criminal gang of the area.Three men were sitting at a restaurant in......
KARACHI: Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, on Monday claimed to have arrested three men allegedly involved in the 2008 Tahir Plaza inferno case in which six people, including a lawyer, were burnt to......
The Sindh Civil Servants (Amendment) Bill, 2015, which got through the provincial assembly on April 10 will come into effect once the governor gives his assent. Aimed at providing legal cover to the......
LARKANA: Dejected Agha Feroz Akhtar, who claims to be the personal photographer of the Bhutto family, said Begum Nusrat Bhutto in 1977 had asked him to take away photographs from 70 Clifton after the......
BADIN: Former home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza has expressed the hope that an honest and committed candidate will win PS-59 Badin-V seat after re-election in 37 polling stations of the......
SUKKUR: A former station house officer (SHO) was arrested and sent to the C-Section police lock-up in three corruption cases on Monday.Ali Murtaza Mahar was arrested by the anti-corruption police in......
SUKKUR: A team of the Mirpur Mathelo police recovered two women belonging to the Momdani community who were kidnapped about a week ago allegedly in revenge for a freewill marriage.The police said......
HYDERABAD: Lakhra coal mine workers staged a rally outside the local press club here on Monday to condemn arrest of Pakhtuns in the name of a campaign against illegal immigrants under the National......
ADEN: Aid agencies warned on Monday of a growing humanitarian crisis, including food shortages, in Yemen as Saudi-led warplanes hit rebel positions for a third week and rival forces clashed.In......
DUBAI: A French climber has scaled one of Dubai’s tallest skyscrapers, relying on just chalk and sticky tape on his fingertips to help him up the 75-storey high Cayan Tower in the emirate’s glitzy......
BEIJING: China’s former state assets chief Jiang Jiemin — one of the highest-profile casualties of the country’s anti-graft drive and an ally of ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang — confessed to......
DONETSK: Fighting has picked up in eastern Ukraine after more than a month of relative calm, as diplomats gathered in Berlin on Monday to discuss the country’s crisis.Observers from the Organisation......
WASHINGTON: One person was shot dead on Monday on a community college campus in the southern US state of North Carolina, and the suspected gunman was still on the run, officials said.The victim was......
WASHINGTON: A three-year-old boy in Cleveland killed a baby on Sunday when a gun that he picked up went off and hit the one-year-old in the face, US media reported.Investigators are trying to......
INTERNATIONAL courts have a rather dodgy reputation. They are vast, they gobble up lots of money, they accuse all kinds of people of war crimes — usually people the US would like the courts to......
KUNDUZ: Militants killed 18 Afghan soldiers — including some who were beheaded — after storming army outposts in the remote mountainous northeast, officials said on Monday, in a major attack before......
NEW DELHI: China backed a big role for India in international institutions but fell short of supporting it for permanent membership of the UN Security Council, The Hindu reported from Beijing.Asked......
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations agency concerned with the wellbeing of Palestinian refugees declared on Monday that thousands of Palestinian and Syrian refugees trapped in the Yarmouk refugee camp......
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Monday lifted a ban on supplying Iran with sophisticated S-300 air defence missile systems after Tehran’s landmark outline deal with the West over its nuclear......
RAIPUR: Maoist rebels triggered a powerful landmine blast in India’s restive Chhattisgarh state on Monday, killing four policemen in the third attack in the region in as many days.Eight other......
TEHRAN: Iran has suspended pilgrimages to the Muslim holy places in Saudi Arabia in protest at an alleged sexual assault attempt against two teenage Iranian boys, the culture minister said on......
TOKYO: A deep pocketed Japanese department store shelled out an eye-watering 300,000 yen ($2,500) on Monday for a pair of mangoes, a record price for the second year in a row.After the hammer fell at......
HILLARY Clinton cast herself as a champion for everyday Americans on Sunday, kicking off her long-awaited second run for the White House with a vow to fight for a level playing field for those......
GUENTER Grass, the Nobel Prize-winning author who explored Nazi brutality and the trauma Germany suffered after World War II in novels such as The Tin Drum and Cat and Mouse, has died. He was 87.He......
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday led the accolades for Sania Mirza after she became the first Indian woman to be crowned the world’s top-ranked doubles tennis player.“An excellent......
DHAKA: Pakistan cricket team, which reached Dhaka on Monday afternoon, was accorded a warm welcome by the Bangladesh government and cricket board officials.The ODI squad led by Azhar Ali was seen all......
LAHORE: An Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Husnain Qadir on Monday issued notice to former Test fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz on a Rs100 million defamation suit filed by the Pakistan......
PARIS: The French state railway company on Monday demanded police action against “irresponsible” Paris-Roubaix cycle race riders who breached a safety barrier seconds before a high speed train......
NORTH SOUND: England’s top three folded meekly to give the West Indies the early advantage with the tourists struggling at 49 for three off 25 overs at lunch on the opening day of the first Test on......
LAHORE: Visibly disturbed by what he terms relentless bashing of the country’s current players by some experts, Pakistan hockey captain Mohammad Imran has endorsed the view of Test cricket skipper......
PARIS: Paris took a major new step on Monday to bidding for the 2024 Olympics when city lawmakers voted by an overwhelming majority to back a campaign.“Now we’re off on an Olympic adventure,” said......
LAHORE: Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) president Faisal Saleh Hayat alleged former secretary Hafiz Salman Butt was behind the fracas at the secretariat of the country’s football governing body on......
LAHORE: Sports Board Punjab (SBP) director general Usman Anwar rejected the charges levelled on him by Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) secretary Col Ahmed Yar Khan Lodhi of pressing him to support......
AUGUSTA: Young gun Jordan Spieth, evoking memories of Tiger Woods at Augusta National 18 years ago, added his name to golf’s record books with a stunning wire-to-wire victory by four shots at the......
LONDON: A whole city and much of Europe will be glued to the Champions League quarter-final first leg clash between Atletico Madrid and holders Real Madrid on Tuesday hoping the game is just as good......
MILAN: Miroslav Klose and Felipe Anderson starred as Lazio thumped Empoli 4-0, their eighth successive league win, to take over second spot in Serie A from city rivals AS Roma, who were held to a 1-1......
HOUSTON: American Jack Sock won his first ATP singles title defeating compatriot Sam Querrey 7-6 (11-9) 7-6 (7-2) in the final of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston on Sunday.The......
LAHORE: PIA Whites and Wapda reached the final of the 10th Nishan-e-Haider Hockey Tournament at the Dring Stadium in Bahawalpur on Monday.PIA Whites derailed Railways 4-0 in the first semi-final......
KARACHI: Babul Sports FC beat Materovil Star 4-3 on sudden death while Young and talented A-One Star FC beat Friends FC on penalty kick to move into the next round in the All Karachi Muslim Khatri......
SINGAPORE: A top Danish badminton player who was approached to fix matches told AFP that “no tournament is safe” from corruption and said he was sure some events were being rigged.“Money is growing......
KARACHI: Sparkling centuries by Nadeem Javed and Anas Mahmood, who combined to share an opening-wicket double century partnership, put Karachi Port Trust (KPT) on top at the halfway stage of Patron’s......
MONTE CARLO: John Isner defeated fellow American Steve Johnson 6-4, 6-4 to win his first career match at the Monte Carlo Masters on Monday as Latvian 13th seed Ernests Gulbis fell 6-1, 6-0.Isner,......
HYDERABAD: Karachi Gold Bridge Media stormed into the zonal final of the 17th National Seniors Cup Cricket Tournament by overwhelming Hyderabad Veterans by 81 runs in the semi-final here at the Niaz......
AUSTIN: World champion Marc Marquez of Spain won the Grand Prix of the Americas for the third straight year on Sunday to get his 2015 MotoGP campaign on track.After a disappointing fifth-place finish......
KARACHI: Top seed Nasir Iqbal and fourth seed Danish Atlas Khan booked their places in the final of the 11th Chief of the Naval Staff International Squash Championship here at the PN Roshan......
LAHORE: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) won gold medal in the 12th National Women’s Baseball Championship, defeating Punjab 12-8 in the final at the Punjab Stadium here on Sunday.Earlier, Army......
LAHORE: Nine matches were decided in the men’s singles event on the first day of the third Long Beach Punjab Open Tennis Championships, which started at the Bagh-e-Jinnah courts here on......
KARACHI: The Attock group took the lead in coming up with quarterly results for the period ended March 31, 2015.Major announcements on Monday came from Pakistan Oilfields (POL); Attock Petroleum......
ISLAMABAD: The Independent Power Producers (IPPs) would be charged a price of $14.02-15 per mmbtu for the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).The government firmed up LNG price for the IPPs as a proposed......
ISLAMABAD: The easy-to-collect withholding tax continued to be the leading source (65 per cent) of the ‘income tax’ receipts during the first quarter (July-Sept) of this fiscal year, the Federal......
KARACHI: Investment-to-deposit ratio (IDR) of banks in Pakistan increased to 67pc by the end of March from 59 per cent last year, said a report of Topline Research issued on Monday.By contrast,......
KARACHI: Stocks remained under pressure on Monday with investors liquidating their positions for fear of the unknown as the news circulated of prime minister set to deliver an important statement......
MUMBAI: India’s hard-won fiscal improvements could fail to withstand an external shock, rating agency Standard and Poor’s warned on Monday, given “less than rock solid” public finances that remain a......
HONG KONG: China’s yuan is expected to take a 12.5 per cent market share of global reserves by 2030, an HSBC survey of global reserve managers showed, suggesting that Beijing’s stepped up efforts to......
LAHORE: Rejecting the proposed merger of Textile Division into the Commerce Division, Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (Prgmea) on Monday demanded the appointment......
LONDON: Gold dropped for a fourth session in five on Monday, as the dollar firmed after fresh comment from Federal Reserve officials that the central bank could look at raising US interest rates......
LAHORE: The two-day 7th All Pakistan Secretary General (APSG) Conference began under the auspices of Centre for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) on Monday.The role of trade bodies was......
SINGAPORE: East Asia’s developing economies led by China will grow slightly slower this year, with higher US interest rates and an appreciating dollar posing further risks to the region, the World......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan is not facing a zero-sum option in the Yemen conflict, says a senior PPP leader Aitzaz Ahsan, while stressing the need for caution in handling this very delicate situation.“No,......
LAHORE: More than 25 million unverified and unclaimed mobile phone subscriber identity modules (SIMs) have been blocked after a three-month deadline for biometric verification of 103m prepaid......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan was praised in the Senate on Monday for his response to a UAE minister’s remarks against Pakistan for its stance over Yemen crisis when he came to......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has authorised the district returning officer and returning officer for the by-election in NA-246 (Karachi) to exercise the powers of first class......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to introduce an internal monitoring and evaluation system (MES) to improve its performance and ensure early disposal of cases.The......
KARACHI: An official of the Karachi Municipal Corporation (KMC) was shot dead in Azizabad on Monday evening under mysterious circumstances.Police said the 50-year-old was attacked from inside the car......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court rejected on Monday a petition seeking cessation of US drone strikes in tribal areas.A three-judge bench headed by Justice Mian Saqib Nisar dismissed the petition of Syed......
LAGOS: Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday criticised Nigerian and world leaders for not doing enough to help free 219 schoolgirls kidnapped a year ago by Boko Haram militants.“In my......
RAWALPINDI: The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) of Malaysia, Gen Tan Sri Dato Sri Haji Zulkifeli bin Mohd Zin, called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Raheel Sharif at the General Headquarters here on......
QUETTA: The Mayor of the Quetta Metropolitan Corporation, Dr Kalimullah, has said that 310 multi-storey buildings have been constructed in the city without getting permission from the departments......
KARACHI: The wife of a man in custody of law-enforcement agencies petitioned the Sindh High Court on Monday against his detention.The petitioner, Sadia Bano, submitted that paramilitary personnel......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain emphasised on Monday the role of federal ombudsman, saying the institution could serve as an alternative justice system to address people’s complaints.Mr Hussain......
This is how the story goes. Last Tuesday, a senior faculty member at the Lahore University of Management Sciences found himself ‘hosting’ two very unlikely guests.The men, who let themselves into his......
PESHAWAR: Two soldiers lost their lives in a roadside blast in Spinwam area of North Waziristan Agency on Monday, according to official sources.In Orakzai Agency, 10 suspected militants were killed......
NEW DELHI: A carefully cultivated image of Mahatma Gandhi as a messiah of the underdog lost some of its sheen in South Africa when men wearing African National Congress outfit vandalised his statue......
LAHORE: A middle-aged man died of swine flu at a private hospital here on Monday, health department said.The patient was identified as Syed Altaf Husain Sherazi, who was under treatment at Doctors......
ASTANA: Iran urged on Monday the formation of a new Yemeni government and offered to assist in a political transition.The advance by Houthi rebels towards the Yemeni city of Aden forced President......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif tried on Monday to soothe frayed nerves by reassuring Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies over a parliamentary resolution that had called for neutrality in the......
ISLAMABAD: The Saudi Minister for Religious Affairs, Sheikh Saleh bin Abdul Aziz, on Monday remained busy soliciting the support of religious parties in his country’s conflict with Yemen’s Houthi......
QUETTA/GWADAR: At least 13 suspected militants, believed to be involved in Saturday’s killing of 20 labourers, died and several others suffered injuries in a clash with security forces in Turbat area......
ISLAMABAD: A key character in the murder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Dr Imran Farooq has been arrested is Karachi, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan disclosed here on Monday.The......
LAHORE: With electricity shortfall rising to 33 per cent because of forced closure of a number of plants, power sector managers are left with no choice but to violate the prime minister’s directive......
NEW DELHI: Rupa Saa was just 15 when her stepmother poured acid over her face as she slept, burning her skin and melting her cheeks, nose, mouth and chin.The attack was just the beginning of her......
LONDON: London police has extended Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain's bail till July 9, 2015 after he was interviewed for more than five hours by investigating officers on......
After years of languishing, Gwadar port is finally set to be handed over to a credible operator who has signalled a willingness to also invest in the associated infrastructure to bring the facility......
The government is to be congratulated on the success of the sale of its stake in HBL, but some questions remain. The government sold its entire holding of 41.5pc shares in HBL, the country’s largest......
The perils of contaminated water are well known. So is the unfortunate fact that unscrupulous vendors will try to capitalise on high demand for a product to make a quick buck.It is, therefore,......
A huge employment challenge faces the country. Every month there are 100,000 new entrants in the labour force. These youngsters, who represent our much-flaunted demographic dividend, need jobs if we......
Dr Shrinivas Pandey is a Malayalam-speaking Ayurvedic physician from Varanasi. The genial Brahmin doctor has what you would call shifa, the healing touch. That means fix your appointment days before......
THE Pakistan government’s plans to introduce a new cybercrime bill have been percolating for a while, causing much anxiety amongst both the IT and the civil rights communities.Now, the IT ministry......
CRIMINAL justice systems are primarily designed to protect victim’s rights but in Pakistan’s case, victims seem to have the least priority. The obsolete system in Pakistan is primarily elite-centric;......
